Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World by Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt

Narratives of anarchist and syndicalist history during the era of the first globalization and imperialism (1870-1930) have overwhelmingly been constructed around a Western European tradition centered on discrete national cases. This parochial perspective typically ignores transnational connections and the contemporaneous existence of large and influential libertarian movements in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Yet anarchism and syndicalism, from their very inception at the First International, were conceived and developed as international movements. By focusing on the neglected cases of the colonial and postcolonial world, this volume underscores the worldwide dimension of these movements and their centrality in anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles. Drawing on in-depth historical analyses of the ideology, structure, and praxis of anarchism/syndicalism, it also provides fresh perspectives and lessons for those interested in understanding their resurgence today.

Contents:
Preface by Benedict Anderson
Rethinking Anarchism and Syndicalism: The Colonial and Postcolonial Experience, 1870-1940 by Lucien van der Walt and Steven J. Hirsch
PART ONE: ANARCHISM AND SYNDICALISM IN THE COLONIAL WORLD
"Diverse in Race, Religion and Nationality... But United in Aspirations of Civil Progress": The Anarchist Movement in Egypt 1860-1940 by Anthony Gorman
Revolutionary Syndicalism, Communism and the National Question in South African Socialism, 1886-1928 by Lucien van der Walt
Korean Anarchism before 1945: A Regional and Transnational Approach by Dongyoun Hwang
Anarchism and the Question of Place: Thoughts from the Chinese Experience by Arif Dirlik
The Makhnovist Movement and the National Question in the Ukraine, 1917-1921 by Aleksander Shubin
Syndicalism, Industrial Unionism, and Nationalism in Ireland by Emmet O'Connor
PART TWO: ANARCHISM AND SYNDICALISM IN THE POSTCOLONIAL WORLD
Reuvian Anarcho-Synidcalism: Adapting Transnational Influences and Forging Counterhegemonic Practices, 1905-1930
Tropical Libertarians: Anarchist Movements and Networks in the Caribbean, Southern United States, and Mexico, 1890s-1920s by Kirk Shaffer
Straddling the Nation and the Working World: Anarchism and Syndicalism on the Docks and Rivers of Argentina, 1900-1930 by Geoffroy de Laforcade
Constructing Syndicalism and Anarchism Globally: The Transnational Making of the Syndicalist Movement in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1895-1935 by Edilene Toledo and Luigi Biondi
Final Reflections: The Vicissitudes of Anarchist and Syndicalist Trajectories, 1940 to the Present by Steven J. Hirsch and Lucien van der Walt